Wallpaper Matsu 99591

Matsu 99591 is the darkest of the range: a deep grey ground with pale, almost silver crowns. Light does the work here, since the pine only draws itself out as the viewing angle shifts.

Matsu brings a Japanese pine to the wall: painted branches and flat needle crowns grow out of a silky striped ground like an ink drawing. The pattern is sparse and asymmetric, leaving plenty of air on the wall.

Lustro is a Holden Decor collection built around light: pearlescent inks, a glass bead surface and velvety flock printing shift the shade of the wall depending on where the light falls. The base is non-woven and the paper is Easy Up, so the paste goes on the wall rather than on the roll. A roll measures 53 cm × 10.05 m, the pattern repeat is 64 cm and lengths are hung with a 32 cm offset.

While it is being hung the surface takes a damp cloth, so paste marks can be wiped off straight away. Lightfastness is very good, and the old covering later strips off the wall dry and in one piece, with no need to skim the surface again.